8-Bit Operators cover Kraftwerk
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Posted by Michael Buell Jr Mar 28, 2007 |
8-Bit Operators: The Music of Kraftwerk is a compilation of Kraftwerk covers by various chiptune artists released on the Astralwerks label. Astralwerks is the home of Kraftwerk, as well as other major artists such as Air, Hot Chip, Fatboy Slim. The original idea for the album came from Jeremy Kolosine (a.k.a. Receptors), who also organized the album. It is available now from Amazon and iTunes.
If you have any interest in chiptunes, this should get your attention. Almost every major chip music artist from around the world is featured here. 8bitpeoples' Nullsleep and Bit Shifter both have tracks. Role Model and Oliver Wittchow, creators of the incredibly influential Game Boy music programs LSDJ and Nanoloop, respectively, also have tracks. Love of Kraftwerk will get people to do a lot of things.
Here is a complete track listing:
01. Bacalao - The Robots (Die Roboter) - Switzerland
02. Glomag - Pocket Calculator - USA
03. Covox - Computer Love - Sweden
04. Role Model - Showroom Dummies - Sweden
05. Nullsleep - The Model - USA
06. David E. Sugar – Radioactivity - UK
07. Oliver Wittchow – Kristallo - Germany
08. 8-Bit Weapon – Spacelab - USA
09. firestARTer - Computer World (Computerwelt) - Germany
10. Neotericz - Electric Café - Argentina
11. Receptors - Trans Europe Express - USA
12. Herbert Weixelbaum – Tanzmusik - Austria
13. Bubblyfish - It's More Fun To Compute - USA
14. Bit Shifter – Antenna - USA
15. gwEm and Counter Reset - The Man-Machine (Die Mensch-Maschine) - UK
What does it sound like? Like Kraftwerk on a Nintendo, basically. The covers often sound a lot more pop-ish than the originals, but they are ultra-catchy. Bit Shifter's cover of Antenna has been playing on repeat... in my mind. Seriously, I can't make it stop.
Previews of each track are available on the album's website and there are full tracks available to stream on the 8-Bit Operators Myspace page.
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